Table 38. Grain Storage Capacity: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Grain storage capacity 
(see text) 
Farms with capacity by North 
American Industry 
Classification System 
Farms 
Bushels 
Average bushels 
per farm 
Crop production 
(111) 
Animal production 
and aquaculture 
(112) 
State Total 
North Carolina 
2012 
3,653 
100,144,564 
27,414 
2,597 
1,056 
2007 
3,928 
82,277,025 
20,946 
2,572 
1,356 
Counties, 2012 
Alamance 
61 
510,731 
8,373 
32 
29 
Alexander 
17 
214,820 
12,636 
10 
7 
Alleghany 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1 
Anson 
29 
781,900 
26,962 
20 
9 
Ashe 
13 
61,745 
4,750 
4 
9 
Avery 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
- 
Beaufort 
69 
4,337,340 
62,860 
68 
1 
Bertie 
55 
1,703,500 
30,973 
42 
13 
Bladen 
42 
1,287,000 
30,643 
33 
9 
Brunswick 
21 
780,300 
37,157 
13 
8 
Buncombe 
11 
31,750 
2,886 
1 
10 
Burke 
9 
82,350 
9,150 
5 
4 
Cabarrus 
33 
482,210 
14,612 
19 
14 
Caldwell 
25 
197,560 
7,902 
15 
10 
Camden 
16 
1,361,020 
85,064 
15 
1 
Carteret 
10 
(D) 
(D) 
10 
- 
Caswell 
32 
218,930 
6,842 
27 
5 
Catawba 
39 
978,230 
25,083 
26 
13 
Chatham 
34 
274,850 
8,084 
14 
20 
Cherokee 
5 
78,100 
15,620 
3 
2 
Chowan 
24 
552,600 
23,025 
19 
5 
Clay 
7 
79,050 
11,293 
5 
2 
Cleveland 
59 
919,900 
15,592 
35 
24 
Columbus 
105 
2,343,548 
22,320 
87 
18 
Craven 
19 
916,000 
48,211 
14 
5 
Cumberland 
46 
952,500 
20,707 
33 
13 
Currituck 
10 
581,800 
58,180 
10 
- 
Dare 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
- 
Davidson 
129 
1,217,737 
9,440 
98 
31 
Davie 
16 
484,780 
30,299 
12 
4 
Duplin 
86 
2,962,900 
34,452 
46 
40 
Durham 
6 
145,300 
24,217 
4 
2 
Edgecombe 
32 
1,317,182 
41,162 
30 
2 
Forsyth 
28 
192,477 
6,874 
23 
5 
Franklin 
48 
631,450 
13,155 
40 
8 
Gaston 
13 
75,100 
5,777 
5 
8 
Gates 
31 
1,334,000 
43,032 
27 
4 
Graham 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1 
Granville 
24 
(D) 
(D) 
16 
8 
Greene 
34 
804,700 
23,668 
24 
10 
Guilford 
93 
1,381,920 
14,859 
61 
32 
Halifax 
54 
1,685,150 
31,206 
53 
1 
Harnett 
59 
1,072,840 
18,184 
46 
13 
Haywood 
14 
28,283 
2,020 
4 
10 
Henderson 
9 
385,000 
42,778 
7 
2 
Hertford 
18 
1,065,000 
59,167 
18 
- 
Hoke 
17 
460,300 
27,076 
14 
3 
Hyde 
34 
3,855,800 
113,406 
33 
1 
Iredell 
88 
1,911,980 
21,727 
49 
39 
Jackson 
7 
22,200 
3,171 
6 
1 
Johnston 
153 
1,724,882 
1 1 ,274 
122 
31 
Jones 
30 
1,139,200 
37,973 
21 
9 
Lee 
19 
261,100 
13,742 
14 
5 
Lenoir 
47 
1,606,500 
34,181 
33 
14 
Lincoln 
50 
411,070 
8,221 
31 
19 
McDowell 
4 
(D) 
(D) 
3 
1 
Macon 
6 
19,027 
3,171 
2 
4 
Madison 
7 
8,070 
1,153 
- 
7 
Martin 
56 
712,800 
12,729 
54 
2 
Mecklenburg 
7 
120,150 
17,164 
4 
3 
Mitchell 
5 
3,850 
770 
3 
2 
Montgomery 
21 
204,662 
9,746 
9 
12 
Moore 
31 
180,000 
5,806 
18 
13 
Nash 
45 
653,606 
14,525 
35 
10 
New Hanover 
3 
72,000 
24,000 
3 
- 
Northampton 
58 
1,328,500 
22,905 
54 
4 
Onslow 
34 
707,960 
20,822 
23 
11 
Orange 
26 
284,580 
10,945 
19 
7 
Pamlico 
18 
851,900 
47,328 
18 
- 
Pasquotank 
29 
1,306,500 
45,052 
28 
1 
Pender 
22 
304,820 
13,855 
12 
10 
Perquimans 
53 
2,013,600 
37,992 
50 
3 
Person 
30 
765,980 
25,533 
25 
5 
Pitt 
49 
1,757,400 
35,865 
44 
5 
Polk 
7 
26,000 
3,714 
6 
1 
Randolph 
121 
1,250,394 
10,334 
58 
63 
Richmond 
13 
1,014,800 
78,062 
9 
4 
Robeson 
122 
6,234,789 
51,105 
77 
45 
Rockingham 
71 
564,194 
7,946 
48 
23 
Rowan 
97 
1,571,500 
16,201 
69 
28 
Rutherford 
14 
55,396 
3,957 
11 
3 
Sampson 
130 
4,061,300 
31,241 
69 
61 
Scotland 
17 
525,600 
30,918 
15 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Carolina 605 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
